The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-07

Good Tea that shall always be the
same in5lavor and strength is hard to get.
This advertisement is an attempt to
explain and introduce such o Tea.
Whether It Is honest, or otherwise, the
reader must judge. s57jt "a
Martin Gillet & Co., who pay for this
advertisement, are IN old firm, having
been engaged in the China trade since
tho establishment of the house, in 1911.
You who read this may, or may not, be-
lieye 1t; but 1t is fact, and ono which
you can verify. 5i5
Martin Gillct & Co. believe that tho
house that, knowing how to get good
tea, does get it, and then offers it TO the
people ut fair price, may expect rich
reward will await them, when tho people
find out that they are. honestly telling
the truth. But, to secure this profit,
some simple way of identifying tho tea
10 the public must be adopted, SO that all
may recognize It; and this Is why the
little symbol "Hc-No" is adopted and
given as name to the tea. 1t means
nothing, and it is simply a trademark to
further enable tho purchasers to know /
they are getting the tea that this adycr.
tisement is about. 1t is packed in paper
bags, of which the cut ut the head of this
advertisement Is a fac-simile s,f,
NOW, WHAT is HE-N0 TEA :?
Simply n Pure Tea of natural flavor,
made not 10 look nice, but to drink well.
1t is the choicest quality of leaf TO be Ind,
in an absolutely natural condition; that
is, without artificial coloring or other
manipulation. 2. =
!, II your grocer or storckcepcr Is
live dealer he can supply YOU with
this tea Mt the rate of ~ cents Nor
pound, and make a fair profit. + i "a
no should decline to do so, and Won
desire to try the tea, sample pound
package will be sent to you on receipt of
70 cents in postage stamps or other.
wise; sample half.pound package on
receipt OF 40 cents; q sample quar-.
tcr-pound package on receipt OF 90
cents. Our object in doing this is TO
get you to like the tea so { well thai,
you. Will induce your grocer to keen tho
tca IN stock. We may be unknown TO
you, and you may hesitate to send ..thc
money by mail. We therefore call your
attention to the extracts below, which
may give you confidence. f:i4.55II;T,
FROM the baltimore Sun, the oldest
Journal OF tho State, and one YOU cannot
buy puff from at any price. and
whose publisher, tho venerable a. s.
Abel, Esq, is the richest Journalist IN
the world, March s, 1887 -" .s1"sa:t = =
We call attention to tho advertise.
mcnt OF Mcssrs. Martin Gillct s. Co. in
another column. Their claim for the
superior excellence of the new Hc.No
Tea OF 1857 Is founded on fact, and It Is
icrcditablo to tho enterprise Of This firm
that they have extended the tea trade of
oaFc'ty iroma purely local demand TO ono
extending all over the South and West y
y ,oa Inc "Annual' of the 3. & OR. R for
1887, which has established such a wido
reputation, In speaking Of Martin Gillet
~ 20, says: "This house was established
by the grandfather of tho present mcm.
S " 81, IN lsll. It has always been engaged
n n tho tea business. and has passed
. ". every panic for the past three.
quarters OF century, and never asked
, OF received an extension. The ,stylc 81
me nrm, meantime, has never been
changed. Among tho old customers NJ
me mouse wero Robert Garrett a. Sons
as well as Johns Hopkins & Co. Five ycar.
ago the tea trade Of Baltimore was nI, r
local; The Baltimore freight department
say that they have received from Mrtin
Gillet d Go. in the past two years more
i Me-No Tea for shipment to one noint
!st: Louisl than they have forwarded
from baltimore to same point for Tho
previous twenty years, Tic Arm "a mo- no
gscssiyc. The He-No Tea which they
advertise Is pioneer and m educator
me nrst attempt to Introduce In tbis
country teas in tho natural condition .'i ~
they are used in China" 'i Z. ~ y
8 Remember, Martin Gillet & Co. do q: mi
tetailapound; they are strictly importers
ana only adopt this method Of yintrodnc
l nhs I. re =, tea Regular supplies must he
obtained % In the regular; way in which
1amiiles get their groceries. 5ssi ~
I! q ddrcss5 MARTIN GIL1.ET &: CO.
& y, 8. hsaltimorc, Nd.